The Best (hip hop) of MTL

Congrats, shoutouts and handshakes to the 514 rappers, producers, club DJs and electronic acts who came out on top in Cult MTL’s first-ever hyper-local readers poll. PLUS what’s up at Francofolies, the MURAL Festival, the Main’s street sale & more.

Thursday, June 13

* Best of MTL now available online
* Read the Rant Line™!
* Totem Urbain v2.0 at Place Emilie Gamelin
* Vernissage for Griffintown film & exhibit
* Fjall Raven pop-up shop
* New lesbian night at the Phoenix: Scissor That
* IDLEHAND launch summer collection
* The National play the Lachine Canal
* Fringe presents Out-of-Towner Fringe for All

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Canada’s nerdiest music prize hits Montreal

Ahead of today’s unveiling of the Polaris Music Prize long list at the PHI Centre, we chatted with the award’s founder, Steve Jordan, about staying stable in a constantly changing music biz, as well as Feist’s controversial win last year.

Best of MTL 2013: Goods & Services

Download Cult MTL Issue 9 to read the expanded Best of MTL 2013 list! Finding the good stuff is half the battle. Here are Montrealers’ picks to help you track down the very best in fashion, fitness and self-maintenance—for the resources you need to keep your mind, body, living space and style tighter than a […]

Best of MTL 2013: Food & Drink

Download Cult MTL Issue 9 to read the expanded Best of MTL 2013 list! Like it or not, we’re in the age of the foodie. Sure, Montrealers have always been serious about grub, but our current obsession with it is unprecedented. Just look to the Habs intro video, where ubiquitous Joe Beef co-owner Dave McMillan’s […]

Best of MTL 2013: Media

Download Cult MTL Issue 9 to read the expanded Best of MTL 2013 list! Nowhere in Montreal is the whole two solitudes thing more apparent than in our city’s media. Judging by your choices in categories like Best Radio Show (CKUT’s Venus Radio), Best TV Station (CTV) and Best Newspaper (Cult MTL—thanks, dudes!), you are, […]

Best of MTL 2013: Music

Download Cult MTL Issue 9 to read the expanded Best of MTL 2013 list! Though they’ve been squirreled away since last fall, busy making babies and a record that sources close to the band have called a “beast” and “really great,” longtime scene ambassadors Arcade Fire reign supreme as Best Musical Act and, of course, […]

Best of MTL 2013: Nightlife

Download Cult MTL Issue 9 to read the expanded Best of MTL 2013 list! Fuck yeah, NDQ. You’ve occupied that weird little spot in Little Italy for only a year and a half, yet you’ve found a place in the hearts of many gays and straights alike. Read the feature for more about the north-side […]

Best of MTL 2013: People & Places

Download Cult MTL Issue 9 to read the expanded Best of MTL 2013 list As Montrealers, there are a lot of things we’ll never agree on—car or bicycle? English or French? Patio or terrasse?—but we can all at least acknowledge that our city is full of people and places that are easy on the eyes. […]